The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports.
n.mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece, shelf generic term
Vogais: ae
Consoantes: mntl
mantell, mantle, mandela, motel, mannitol, mantilla, minutely, mandil, meatal, mediately.